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You could make an educated guess just from looking at them, but teachers want you to solve it out. How do you think you solve it?

anonymous

6 years ago

Well, I think you should make a pie... Lol

anonymous

6 years ago

Thats how I do it. It's childish though but

anonymous

6 years ago

Oh well....

anonymous

6 years ago

Ahahaha first, we find the common denominator (the number on the bottom of the fraction). What is the lowest number that goes into both 7 and 8?

anonymous

6 years ago

1

anonymous

6 years ago

......................

anonymous

6 years ago

Let me re-phrase that....
7 X WHAT = apple pie
8 X WHAT= applie pie
We need find an apple pie. The apple pie is a number that we can find through multiplication with 7 and 8.
In this case.... the greatest number that 7 and 8 both go into is 56.

anonymous

6 years ago

So their equel??

anonymous

6 years ago

Im still not understanding exactly what your saying...

anonymous

6 years ago

A tiny bit

anonymous

6 years ago

The question you gave me is a bad example to explain with. Hold on.
Alright, let's use 2/5 and 3/10.
First, we find out common denominator. What do you think it is?